Other schools allow for a little more creativity in how the supplemental essay questions are answered. Babson College in Massachusetts, for example, gives students a 500-word limit to answer a ...

so you may want to avoid mentioning that in your ‘Why ‘X’ school’ supplemental essay. “I think a big risk is a boring essay,” says college counselor Stacy C. Hernandez, who owns ...

I realized that my supplemental essays were emblematic of what I wanted out of life and my college experience. For example, ...